John Williams, former Senator from Mississippi

Dates	Title	Representing
1911-1923	Senator	Mississippi
1907-1909	Representative	Mississippi's 8^th District
1905-1907	Representative	Mississippi's 8^th District
1903-1905	Representative	Mississippi's 8^th District
1901-1903	Representative	Mississippi's 5^th District
1899-1901	Representative	Mississippi's 5^th District
1895-1899	Representative	Mississippi's 5^th District
1893-1895	Representative	Mississippi's 5^th District

Voting Record

From May 1911 to Mar 1923, Williams missed 898 of 2,738 roll call votes, which is 32.8%. This is worse than the median of 27.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1923. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1911 May-Aug	92	20	21.7%	68^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	31	3	9.7%	29^th
1912 Apr-Jul	96	21	21.9%	45^th
1912 Aug-Aug	47	5	10.6%	24^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	103	23	22.3%	57^th
1913 Apr-Jul	31	2	6.5%	15^th
1913 Aug-Nov	99	13	13.1%	37^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	50	8	16.0%	46^th
1914 Mar-May	57	13	22.8%	41^st
1914 Jun-Aug	111	30	27.0%	32^nd
1914 Sep-Oct	59	5	8.5%	7^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	111	26	23.4%	37^th
1913 Mar-Mar	4	1	25.0%	49^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	39	4	10.3%	28^th
1916 Mar-May	105	15	14.3%	26^th
1916 Jun-Aug	85	9	10.6%	7^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	4	30.8%	63^rd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	156	34	21.8%	40^th
1917 Apr-Jun	59	11	18.6%	63^rd
1917 Jul-Sep	99	12	12.1%	47^th
1917 Oct-Oct	10	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	30	14	46.7%	82^nd
1918 Mar-May	52	16	30.8%	45^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	33	78.6%	94^th
1918 Sep-Nov	19	14	73.7%	92^nd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	53	18	34.0%	55^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	6	19.4%	44^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	3	9.7%	23^rd
1919 Nov-Nov	78	3	3.8%	40^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	52	15	28.8%	44^th
1920 Mar-May	87	41	47.1%	85^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	8	42.1%	62^nd
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	81	34	42.0%	77^th
1921 Apr-Jun	59	12	20.3%	58^th
1921 Jul-Sep	37	21	56.8%	70^th
1921 Oct-Nov	78	49	62.8%	84^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	37	15	40.5%	70^th
1922 Mar-May	187	95	50.8%	80^th
1922 Jun-Aug	211	190	90.0%	92^nd
1922 Sep-Sep	14	1	7.1%	22^nd
1922 Nov-Nov	11	11	100.0%	85^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	69	39	56.5%	88^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	68^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo